Feasibility of an Idaho Feedstock Supply System for Lignocellulosic Ethanol
Establishing the requirements for feedstock assembly processes to feed bioconversion processes is necessary for the development of cellulosic biorefineries. Biomass feedstock assembly comprises the activities and operations required to remove the biomass from the field and deliver it to the biomass conversion process. Linking feedstock harvest/collection/transport/storage (i.e., feedstock assembly) and preprocessing methods with conversion processes (i.e. cellulosic ethanol production) allows evaluation of technology options and trade-offs in the overall feedstock supply system. The reports and presentations below (links) summarize preliminary work the Idaho National Laboratory, growers and industry partners have done on a feedstock supply system designed to supply 800,000 tons of wheat and barley straw annually to a biorefinery.
- Feasibility of a Producer Owned Ground-Straw Feedstock Supply System for Bioethanol and Other Products - INL/EXT-06-11815 - 2.3MB PDF
- An Engineering Review of Feasibility of a Producer Owned Ground Straw Feedstock Supply System for Bioethanol and Other Products - CH2M Hill - 399kB PDF
- INL Feedstock Assembly System Cost Worksheet - 1.4MB Excel Worksheet
- Straw Value Add Committee - final Project Narrative - 81kB PDF
- Biomass Resource Feedstock Supply - 2.0MB PDF
- Idaho Straw Assembly Business Models - 496kB PDF
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- Reuel Smith, (208) 526-3733, Send E-mail